This randomized trial tested whether intraoperative handovers of care from one clinician to another compared with no handover affected a postoperative composite of all-cause mortality, hospital readmission, and serious complications.
This randomized clinical trial assesses the effect of using weekly electronic patient-reported outcome surveys to monitor symptoms, compared with usual care, on physical function, symptom control, and health-related quality of life among patients receiving treatment for metastatic cancer.
This matched cohort study investigates whether bariatric surgery is associated with lower cancer risk and mortality in adult patients with a body mass index of 35 or greater who underwent bariatric surgery at a US health system between 2004 and 2017 vs those who did not undergo surgery for their obesity.
This study compares the racial and ethnic representation of applicants and matched residents from competitive US medical and surgical specialty programs between 2013 and 2018.
This study examines outcomes of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children during the Alpha, Delta, and Omicron variant waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel.
This Viewpoint discusses how variants and subvariants of SARS-CoV-2 will affect the continually changing COVID-19 pandemic and the ways in which the spread of COVID-19 can be controlled.
This Viewpoint examines diagnostic safety issues in various clinical scenarios across the care continuum, with selected examples illustrating successful strategies for improvement.
This Viewpoint discusses the enrollment decline in traditional Medicare and the enrollment increase in Medicare Advantage and examines the challenges this shift will have on the Medicare program.
In this narrative medicine essay, a primary physician reports how the so-called code of professional medical conduct should not preclude self-care and tracks when she began denying her needs—in the college library studying and through her medical education and training.
This Review summarizes problems with the hands, wrists, and fingers that are commonly encountered in primary care, including carpal tunnel syndrome and arthritis, among others, and offers a range of treatment options for each.
This JAMA Insights discusses medication for early pregnancy termination, including contraindications, safety, and efficacy.
A woman with a history of intravenous heroin use and chronic inactive hepatitis B virus infection had sudden onset of painless jaundice and malaise. Vital signs, mentation, and physical examination were normal except for scleral icterus; she reported no history of travel outside the US and no raw meat ingestion; aminotransferase and bilirubin levels were newly elevated, but she had no acute hepatitis A or C virus infection. What is the diagnosis and what would you do next?
This Medical News feature examines the unexpected phenomenon of symptoms and positive test results recurring in Paxlovid users who’d a few days earlier felt fine and tested negative.
This Medical News feature discusses research presented at the recent ATS 2022 International Conference in San Francisco.
In this essay, the Arts and Medicine editor reviews features in the section over the past 5 years, covering visual arts, culture, design, performance, history, and more, and offers welcome to future contributions.
This JAMA Patient Page describes 2 new oral antiviral medications that are available for patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 who are not hospitalized but are at high risk of developing severe disease.